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For Vagina’s Sake (2018)
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< Pi-ui Yeon-dae-gi >

Women eat, sleep, and bleed. This bleeding has been symbolized as mystery, impurity, and inferiority, but this long-lasting taboo around menstruation started to cracking up. Women all over the world voiced up and NPR crowned 2015 as the Year of Period. This big wave has arrived in Korea. The wall of information collapse, and women demand their right to choose how to bleed. For Vagina's Sake follows the history of bleeding and social issues happening in modern societies. With ...more

Women eat, sleep, and bleed. This bleeding has been symbolized as mystery, impurity, and inferiority, but this long-lasting taboo around menstruation started to cracking up. Women all over the world voiced up and NPR crowned 2015 as the Year of Period. This big wave has arrived in Korea. The wall of information collapse, and women demand their right to choose how to bleed. For Vagina's Sake follows the history of bleeding and social issues happening in modern societies. With colorful animation and fast-paced editing style, it is nicknamed as "Period Wikipedia."less

Genre

Documentary

Production Status

Released

Running Time

84min

Release Date

Jan 18, 2018

Country

South Korea

Rating

12

Language

Co-Production

N

Original

Box Office

Number of Screens : 38

Total Admissions : 10,863

Total Gross : $71,118

As of May 25, 2019

Contact Point

CAT&Docs | info@catndocs.com

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